Sentences with phrase «on global warming legislation»

The administration has resisted until now delivering a firm pledge on emissions reductions because Congress has not yet acted on global warming legislation.

Dealing with Congress and federal agencies, Mr. Bookbinder helped lead efforts on both global warming legislation and greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act, and has testified in front of House and Senate committees on these issues (and may be the only person ever invited by both Barbara Boxer and James Inhofe).

We would think that might actually include thinking seriously about moving forward on Global Warming legislation.

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Jason Grumet, the Obama campaign's lead energy and environment advisor, has indicated that the president - elect plans to move quickly on getting climate change legislation through in 2009 and working to make the U.S. a leader on mitigating global warming.

Pelosi is also expected to have help from the House Ways and Means Committee and several other panels that are holding hearings and considering legislation on the twin issues of global warming and energy policy.

President Obama's top climate diplomat acknowledged today that Capitol Hill delays over global warming legislation will likely push international negotiations to work beyond a December summit in Copenhagen on a new treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.

Couric: John McCain proposed legislation calling for mandatory caps on global warming gases or CO2 emissions.

I have high hopes President Barack Obama, from my home State of Illinois, will change all that and proceed to execute many promised political reforms in Washington, D. C. High on his list should be implementing immediate and effective Congressional legislation about the consequences of human - induced, global warming and climate change.

Even after decades of increasingly dire warnings, the US has still not passed comprehensive federal legislation to combat global warming; Canada has abandoned past pledges in order to exploit its emissions - heavy tar sands; China continues to depend on coal for its energy production; Indonesia's effort to stem widespread deforestation is facing stiff resistance from industry; Europe is mulling pulling back on its more ambitious cuts if other nations do not join it; northern nations are scrambling to exploit the melting Arctic for untapped oil and gas reserves; and fossil fuels continue to be subsidized worldwide to the tune of $ 400 billion.

Businesses that share the view Mr. Bush expressed in March, when he rejected any binding limits on the warming gases, whether in a global accord or federal legislation, say they are confident that there will be no big shifts.

I welcome the decision by the Obama Administration... The Congress is working on a comprehensive solution to global warming, and I am committed to moving clean energy legislation this year that will include perspectives from across our nation to create jobs, improve our national security, and reduce global warming.

With that in mind, I intend to support and champion legislation in the Senate that will protect our oceans and help to stop global warming on the federal level.

With the failure of federal climate change legislation, considerable national attention is focused on Proposition 23, which marks the first time a global warming law has been put before voters.

Months after federal cap - and - trade legislation died in the Senate and days before California voters will decide on a fiercely fought ballot initiative to deep - freeze the state's global - warming - prevention law, state regulators released hundreds of pages of rules on Friday for how the law is to be applied, industry by industry.

The impact of the Climategate story on the public discourse over global warming legislation is an interesting tale that will be in flux for the foreseeable future.

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming now says it has confirmed 13 fake letters to members of Congress apparently from old people's centres and Latino and African - American groups opposing climate change legislation.

In April 2011, the Senate voted on Sen. Inhofe's legislation to overturn all EPA global warming regulations except those auto companies had already made investments to comply with.

Federal and state legislation on global warming preparedness and disclosure will help firefighters, paramedics and police officers get the information they need to prepare for natural disasters.

The Utah House of Representatives approved a resolution yesterday that questions global warming and calls on the federal government to not proceed with legislation regulating carbon dioxide emissions.

The legislation's prominent defenders, like CAP's Joseph Romm, labeled green critics of the bill «global warming deniers» and told anyone who would listen that Waxman and Markey had pulled a fast one on the coal lobby.

The legislation is entirely based on the agency's finding, in 2009, that key greenhouse gases in the atmosphere «threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations» — because of their contribution to global warming.

The survey did not correlate opinions on global warming with partisan or regional issues, which have become increasingly relevant as climate and clean energy legislation moves through Congress.

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In June the U.S. Senate will begin debate on legislation to address global warming.

The House legislation, entitled the «Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010,» was cosponsored by House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Chairman Ed Markey (D - MA), Rep. Judy Biggert (R - IL), Rep. Anna Eshoo (D - CA), and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D - CA).

«Luetkemeyer's legislation would prohibit U.S. contributions to the IPCC, which is nothing more than a group of U.N. bureaucrats that supports man - made claims on global warming that many scientists disagree with... Meanwhile, our very own Environmental Protection Agency recently reported that we are undergoing a period of worldwide cooling.»

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (February 12, 2018)-- The Massachusetts Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change, led by Senator Marc Pacheco (Taunton) and Sen. Jamie Eldridge (Acton), introduced clean energy legislation today, a revised version of S479.

To that end, we call on President Obama and Congress to pass global warming legislation that meets the following objectives:

Leftist Democrat politicians are pushing «climate change» legislation, such as Waxman - Markey, that will accomplish nothing in regards to global warming and climate change but will definitely impose a multi-trillion tax on the U.S economy and consumers.

The data also could help color a looming Senate debate on energy and climate - change legislation that would cap greenhouse gases blamed for contributing to global warming.

President Obama puts his political chips on the line tomorrow when he meets with House Democrats wrestling with legislation to overhaul U.S. energy and global warming policy.

«Geoengineering holds forth the promise of addressing global warming concerns for just a few billion dollars a year,» wrote Newt Gingrich in an attack on proposed cap - and - trade legislation back in 2008.

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Their pledge, which took place in a rare joint appearance before Congress, marked a significant step forward for the new Democratic majority on Capitol Hill, which aims to draft America's first national global warming legislation in the next few months.

On Wednesday, sportsmen's groups including Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership will join the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and environmental groups to call for Congress to pass global warming legislation that includes increased funding for natural resource protection.

But the most interesting part of the segment is an interview with Joe Lucas, head of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electricity.

Obama should work with Congress right away to pass legislation that puts limits on global warming pollution and introduces the sale and exchange of pollution permits. This will generate billions of dollars every year, and we can direct that capital into expanding green energy industries. â $ ¨  â $ ¨

There are now estimated to be around 2,340 climate lobbyists in Washington — more than one for every four members of Congress.The Climate Change Lobby With Obama asking Congress to send him legislation that places a cap on carbon emissions, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid aiming to have a global warming bill ready by the end of the summer, those 2,340 voices will undoubtedly make the going rough for both.